Instructional Design Contracts in London

Instructional Design
England > London

The table below provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in London requiring Instructional Design skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that cited Instructional Design over the 6 months leading up to 1 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
1 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 335 382 481
Rank change year-on-year +47 +99 +99
Contract jobs citing Instructional Design 18 9 12
As % of all contract jobs advertised in London 0.14% 0.050% 0.044%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.16% 0.057% 0.049%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 7 5
10th Percentile £310 £286 -
25th Percentile £356 £307 £440
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £406 £475 £500
Median % change year-on-year -14.47% -5.00% +173.97%
75th Percentile £488 £488 £538
90th Percentile £533 £673 £545
England median daily rate £388 £475 £450
% change year-on-year -18.42% +5.56% +200.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
10th Percentile - - £18.37
25th Percentile £32.00 - £21.02
Median hourly rate £34.00 - £25.88
75th Percentile £36.00 - £30.54
90th Percentile - - £33.06
England median hourly rate £82.00 - £34.50
% change year-on-year - - +35.29%

All Process and Methodology Skills
London

Instructional Design falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in London.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 11,564 15,790 24,631
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in London 92.16% 88.55% 91.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 7,847 11,316 17,711
10th Percentile £350 £338 £375
25th Percentile £440 £450 £475
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £550 £550 £590
Median % change year-on-year - -6.78% +2.61%
75th Percentile £688 £675 £700
90th Percentile £813 £800 £800
England median daily rate £525 £525 £550
% change year-on-year - -4.55% +2.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 166 324 278
10th Percentile £16.17 £16.00 £18.59
25th Percentile £22.68 £20.00 £22.53
Median hourly rate £31.67 £29.50 £38.13
Median % change year-on-year +7.36% -22.62% +5.90%
75th Percentile £50.75 £47.56 £62.64
90th Percentile £63.75 £65.93 £76.78
England median hourly rate £29.07 £36.00 £37.50
% change year-on-year -19.25% -4.00% +53.06%

Instructional Design
Job Vacancy Trend in London

Job postings citing Instructional Design as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in London.

Job vacancy trend for Instructional Design in London

Instructional Design
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Instructional Design in London.

Daily rate trend for Instructional Design in London

Instructional Design
Daily Rate Histogram in London

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Instructional Design in London over the 6 months to 1 May 2025.

Daily rate histogram for Instructional Design in London

Instructional Design
Contractor Hourly Rate Trend in London

3-month moving average hourly rates quoted in jobs citing Instructional Design in London.

Hourly rate trend for Instructional Design in London

Instructional Design
Contract Job Locations in London

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Instructional Design within the London region over the 6 months to 1 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Central London +5 2 £525 +61.54% 4
Instructional Design
England

Instructional Design
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in London by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (5.56%) CMS
Applications
1 7 (38.89%) Camtasia
2 2 (11.11%) Adobe Captivate
3 1 (5.56%) Adobe Creative Suite
3 1 (5.56%) Final Cut Pro
3 1 (5.56%) Microsoft Excel
Cloud Services
1 1 (5.56%) Power Platform
1 1 (5.56%) Snowflake
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.56%) Data Warehouse
1 1 (5.56%) Power BI
General
1 16 (88.89%) Social Skills
2 6 (33.33%) Multimedia
3 2 (11.11%) Finance
3 2 (11.11%) Presentation Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Analytical Skills
4 1 (5.56%) Legal
4 1 (5.56%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 7 (38.89%) Designer
1 7 (38.89%) Developer
2 6 (33.33%) Instructional Designer
3 5 (27.78%) e-Learning Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Trainer
5 1 (5.56%) Performance Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Specialist
5 1 (5.56%) Technical Trainer
5 1 (5.56%) UX Designer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) e-Learning
2 6 (33.33%) Educational Technology
2 6 (33.33%) Learning Management System
3 2 (11.11%) Data Protection Act
3 2 (11.11%) Onboarding
4 1 (5.56%) Animation
4 1 (5.56%) Augmented Reality
4 1 (5.56%) FMCG
4 1 (5.56%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.56%) Video Editing
4 1 (5.56%) Virtual Reality
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (38.89%) Artificial Intelligence
2 5 (27.78%) Storyboarding
3 4 (22.22%) Collaborative Working
3 4 (22.22%) Project Management
4 3 (16.67%) Computer Science
4 3 (16.67%) GAP Analysis
4 3 (16.67%) Problem-Solving
5 2 (11.11%) Analytics
5 2 (11.11%) Content Development
5 2 (11.11%) Data Protection
5 2 (11.11%) Service Delivery
5 2 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
5 2 (11.11%) User Experience
6 1 (5.56%) Content Strategy
6 1 (5.56%) Content Writing
6 1 (5.56%) Creative Thinking
6 1 (5.56%) Data Strategy
6 1 (5.56%) Market Surveillance
6 1 (5.56%) Performance Optimisation
6 1 (5.56%) Scaled Agile Framework
Programming Languages
1 1 (5.56%) Python
1 1 (5.56%) SQL
Qualifications
1 12 (66.67%) Degree
2 2 (11.11%) Computer Science Degree
3 1 (5.56%) Master's Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Accessibility
2 2 (11.11%) GRC
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Google
2 3 (16.67%) Adobe
2 3 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 2 (11.11%) ServiceNow